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Aotearoa NZ. Pākehā. Toitū Te Tiriti
#Queer (they/them) 😷
❤️ #Books Music Ideas

Please don't follow me unless you use Alt Text on images 🧱⚠️

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I brought my parents to tears in 1970s for signing newspaper advert supporting Homosexual Law Reform (decriminalizing MM sex). Law changed in 1985 🏳️‍🌈

I've protested in support of #TransRights in Aotearoa NZ for over 20 years. Not stopping now. Pic from protest at NZ Parliament in 2005 ⤵️
#NZpol 💗🤍💙
Protest on NZ Parliament forecourt in support of trans equality in law. Person with ginger hair and glasses holds sign saying Human Rights for Transgender People. Next person over has short hair, white shirt and tie and holds sign What's in my pants doesn't define who I am! Six other people stand nearby with a statue plinth in background.
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) condemns decision by Minister of Health Simeon Brown to ban new prescriptions of GnRH analogues (puberty blockers) for transgender children and young people who are not currently on them.
#NZpol 💗🤍💙⚕️
Full release at patha.nz/news
Puberty blockers save lives Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa (PATHA) condemns the decision from NZ Minister of Health Simeon Brown introducing a ban on new prescriptions of puberty blockers for transgender children and young people who are not currently on them. This ban will have a devastating impact on lives and wellbeing of NZ's transgender and gender diverse young people. We know children, young people and their whānau will be highly distressed by this decision. We also acknowledge health professionals’ frustration at the way their expertise has been ignored and disregarded. The ban will lead to a deterioration in mental health, increased risk of suicide and increased dysphoria in gender diverse children and young people. It will put them at a higher risk of experiencing marginalisation and discrimination,” says Dr McElrea, GP specialist in gender affirming care and PATHA Vice-President. “The prescribing of puberty blockers is undertaken with the utmost care and consideration. They have been prescribed safely for decades for transgender children and banning their use will lead to profound distress in this already vulnerable group. This decision is not supported by the Ministry of Health’s November 2024 evidence brief on this care. PATHA supports evidence-based medicine, which consists of academic evidence, clinical experience, and patient preferences and values. The NZ restrictions would be in place until the conclusion of clinical trials in the UK, which are not due until at least 2031. In no other area of care would life-saving medication be withheld from a vulnerable population for six years. This will have a traumatic impact on a generation of transgender children. PATHA is strongly against the decision. It is a shocking act of discrimination against transgender children and young people. Banning puberty blockers will not prevent children from being transgender. Qs: info@patha.nz Full release at https://patha.nz/news
November 19, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Historic post by poet Hera Lindsay Bird says it all really!

"godDAMN this stupid milkloving
piece of shit dumbass mean
spirited sale at briscoes racist
sexist 40% off deck furniture piss
country

#NZpol
Historic post by poet Hera Lindsay Bird godDAMN this stupid milkloving piece of shit dumbass mean spirited sale at briscoes racist sexist 40% off deck furniture piss country
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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NZ readers may find the POISONED SOUP horror fiction anthology pairs well with recently released POTLUCK: Poems about Food, also with a beautiful cover. Great Christmas gifts!
#books #NZbooks
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Book cover for Potluck Poems about food with off white background and open pot with many coloured paint daubs or small blocks of different colours with an Impressionistic feel
November 18, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Auckland University of Technology (AUT) NZ has a bigger rainbow collection than most NZ research institutes. VuFind -Library search with Koha. Talk by Craig of AUT + Alex of Catalyst. #KohaCon25
Craig and Alex under slide on VuFind Library search with references to plugins like koha-plugin-rest-di in text. Image of four storey library foyer on right VuFind IMA Rainbow Collection With images of two previous resource centers in NZ destroyed by arson Alex Buckley and Craig Murdoch under slide with picture of tuatara NZ indigenous lizard and text VuFind One Organisation One System Many Uses
November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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At #KohaCon25 again. Now listening to Dale Cousens on project listening to Maori input on which words to use in descriptions to aid English listeners or readers building a vocabulary catalogue. Lots of listening to different inputs.
Slide with image of four women weaving tukutuku panels Text says Find out more at Https://natlib.Govt.Nz/librarians/nga-upoko-tukutuku Contact team at reo@dia.Govt.Nz Dale standing beneath slide showing elements of a meeting house with central carved pou or pillar Text Our world is changing and so are our whare • New materials • New building techniques & requirements But we still have • Continuity of design • Stories and histories embedded
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Challenges for a German librarian working with Koha #KohaCon25
Slide with list of challenges including some German words being too long to display etc
November 17, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Summary slide on Continuing to Bridge the Development Gap, presented by Lisette and Jason of ByWater Solutions at #KohaCon25
Slide summarizing next steps like keep on with patch writing, helping with QA, documentation on github etc Inset section on Koha Testing Docker
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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#KohaCon25 talk with Jason and Lisette on building people's confidence with using Dev skills
Slide about A Year of Baby Devs with picture of some participants Slide with steps in collaborative bug identification and fixing code practice Slide from ByWater Solutions. How we got here • What is koha-US • What is a SIG? • Koha-US Round Rock origin story
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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#KohaCon25 How to build skills and community.

IMHO: Approach works with other teams too, especially where they have the option to work with open source software or open approaches. Compliance driven tickboxes just aren't as creative.

Slide details in AltText. Alex and Craig stand below slide.
Slide has picture of happy team on left, some wearing hard hats for construction. They are posed under a sign saying Makers. Text on right says Building our people Capacity & capability Creativity & control Collaboration Kaitiakitanga Critical thinking
November 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Next at #KohaCon25 Alex Buckley from Catalyst + Craig Murdoch from AUT

Alex is younger. Craig has rainbow hair 🌈

Craig talked on Tapu te rangi marae in Island Bay built by Bruce Hirini Stewart on his release from prison as a refuge for others. People build communities by working together.
Slide Those who build the house, are also built by the house. Whakatauki or proverb by Bruce Hirini Stewart Alex and Craig stand beneath the slide.
November 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Skills picked up in Information Management course are broadly transferable to many information resource roles and tasks not just in libraries.
#KohaCon25
Slide Professional Implications • Strengthens confidence with core library systems • Encourages practical do-it-yourself learning • Improves readiness for diverse workplace tools • Fosters flexible thinking in a changing field • Bridges study with everyday tasks in libraries
November 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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More from #KohaCon25 Slides of skills and knowledge information management professionals learn. Important for creating and improving catalogue records. Fun for some of us geeky types.

Confession time, I spent too long looking at book entry and missed some slides.
Slide on Learning Activities with Koha / part of Kohails Kohails Integrated Library System. Exercise including Create and edit records enter DDC numbers Grow key metadata skills for future careers Part of slide ... to User Discovery with picture of book cover at bottom of happy women in shred sports uniform with arms raised. Most text on page is book description for Rhea Warm Sun on My Face: the story OK women's cricket in New Zealand, by Trevor Auger with Adrienne Simpson.
November 16, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Catherine Barnes from University of South Australia at #KohaCon25 talking on Empowering Future Information Professionals: A Case Study on Using Kohails in University Information Management Programs
Slide on Empowering Future Information Professionals with text and picture of modern building with many reflective windows. Catherine's head can just be seen over computer screen below slide
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Data is land in the world of Artificial Intelligence.

Where is the recognition and protection of digital real estate such as Te REO and people's information?
#KohaCon25
Slide Data is land With Peter-Lucas Jones of Te Hiku Media standing below slide
November 16, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Started today #KohaCon25 hui of librarians, knowledge managers, tech folk, readers + learners. We've been welcomed to Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington NZ with powhiri + yummy morning tea at marae. Now Peter-Lucas Jones of Te Hiku Media on Ethical Uses of AI. @kohails.bsky.social
Slide Leading AI for Indigenous Languages Te Hiku Media tehiku.Nz Peter-Lucas Jones With Peter and woman helper at lectern
November 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Lovely to see @brannavan.bsky.social is a fan of writing by @jackremiel.bsky.social too 😍
Blurry photo of Brannavan and Jack waiting to speak at book launch Brannavan and Jack looking serious. A book launch of a second book is sometimes an anxious wait. No need to worry as The Emotion Dealer and Other Stories is excellent.
November 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Tonight I was delighted to attend the launch of @jackremiel.bsky.social 's second collection of short fiction, The Emotion Dealer & Other Stories. I've already started snacking on these tasty bites! So pleasing and yet tantalizing! What next to find?
A slim young man with pale skin and ginger hair proudly holds up a book with a beautiful yellow and gold cover. Jack Remiel Cottrell with The Emotion Dealer and Other Stories. The background is Unity Books Wellington where people can buy copies of the book. One to keep and one to give for Christmas. At $30 it's the right size for a gift! 📙🎁
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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My Hi I'll be at Kawaiicon post got disrupted by an earthquake #eqnz so I'll try again. The quake didn't make me pause but maybe the WiFi cut out?

Anyway lovely catching a few friends at preReg and looking forward to next two days of #kawaiicon
Name on Kawaiicon tag is JennyKayNZ. Background is Hi flag in pink, purple and blue. Lanyard is white with images of white flowers, green leaves, and yellow or orange USB connector
November 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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People unfamiliar with Wellington's waterfront may not realise that most of it is unfenced with low concrete balustrades - great for views and for extra seating but not for protecting late night wanderers from falling over the side.
#WellingtonOnAGoodDay
stock image from alamy showing Wellington waterfront with wharf above sea and people walking by or sitting on a bench
November 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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I'm third generation Wellingtonian. I agree that it's a struggle but we do have some lovely days and even lovelier people.
local Wellington community garden with people picnicking outside white all crowded beach at Oriental Parade in Wellington
November 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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#NZpol #NZstrike statement by @chrishipkins.bsky.social with added Alt Text #AltText
Labour Today people are going on strike to protect the public services NZers rely on. Labour stands with them. The strike happening today is the direct result of Christopher Luxon and his government choosing to underfund our schools and hospitals. No one wants to strike. People do it because they’ve been left with no other choice. We unequivocally support the nurses, doctors, midwives, dentists, healthcare workers, and teachers who have made the difficult decision to take this stand. Christopher Luxon is out of touch and making our health and educatin systems worse. He has made his priorities clear: handing out massive pay rises to boardroom directors and millions to tobacco companies, instead of investing in the services we all rely on. This strike action is about safeguarding the basics that keep our hospitals and schools running - safe staffing, fair pay, and decent working conditions. Rt. Hon. Chris Hipkins Leader of the Opposition
October 23, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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At #ProtectProtest event in Te Whanganui A Tara. HT AmnestyNZ + @nzccl.org.nz + @peacewellington.bsky.social

Good to see @teanau.bsky.social and group of activists here on 15 October.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
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At National Library in Wellington to hear Rainbow Elders talk. Audience includes trans and nonbinary folk as well as hard core anti trans separatist lesbians. Not a comfortable feeling knowing people who want to erase us are sitting nearby.
Slide in pink with logo for Te Kahui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission and for Kawe Mahara with talk title Rainbow Elders: Our aspirations, our wellbeing, our rights. In front of slide is seated Human Rights Commissioner Prue Walker wearing a black jacket and glasses and with bright pink hair
September 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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As suggested by Lucy, it could be Michael Organ ... hard to tell really.

No distinctive features. Middle aged white guy with dark hair.
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Middle aged white guy with dark hair and beard sits smirking at camera. He wears a white scarf with striped pattern and a dark jacket.
September 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM